RE: [PHP] Re: sloppiness & stupidity

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shawn McKenzie [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 9:11 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [PHP] Re: sloppiness & stupidity
> 
> PJ wrote:
> > I'm sorry, guys, but I am really getting po'd.
> > The irresponsible sloppiness and stupidity is just getting to me.
> > In my quest for a way to populate a multiple option select box I have
> > run across so many errors that it's beyond belief... such nonsense as
> > "select for select or select="select" ( think this is right, but then
> > who knows?)
> 
> I know.  So does the HTML recommendation which states that it is a
> boolean attribute, meaning it is stated (on/boolean 1) or it isn't
> (off/boolean 0) in the HTML context.  So while other variations may
> work, this is correct:
> 
> For multiple select:
> <SELECT multiple name="component-select">
> 
> --or--
> 
> For single select:
> <SELECT name="component-select">
> 
> 
>  & other variations; then theres in_array() that has
> > explanations about as clear as a cesspool - the way it's explained is
> > not at all clear, -- and somebody did an in_array($tring, "text") -
> > which is reversed... don't these idiots read what they are putting up
> on
> > the internet?
> > And some of you wonder why I ask stupid questions? Rare, indeed, is
> the
> > clear explanation or demonstration. I get the impression that there
> are
> > a lot of asholeys out there who learn the less than basic programming
> > and then forget that even a ignoramus as I can be looking for rather
> > complicated guidance. The Internet was a great promise, but god is is
> > overbloated with floating intellectual excrement.
> > Sorry, but ranting sometimes is good for the psyche. >:o
> >
> 
> Rather than copying and pasting from the Internet, learn the basics of
> what you are doing and then use the documentation.  php.net has GREAT
> docs and w3c.org is the answer for all of your HTML/CSS needs.
> 
> --
> Thanks!
> -Shawn
> http://www.spidean.com
> 

Wow. Leave the list for a few days and miss all the excitement. 

There are also a lot of good books out there to learn from. Taking a few classes and actually earning a degree wouldn't kill you either.

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